Best writing professor you could ask for. He is really passionate about what he does. Taking this class was a great way to start my freshman year at UCSB.

Cool guy, nice, easy, sense of humor, brought us candy to help us stay awake. I really had fun taking writing 2 with him. Our theme was music, which helped me to enjoy the class even more.

He really cares about his students and their writing

Chris is the man!

cool teacher.. 2 hours is a long time to be in any class , but he keeps you doing something so it is pretty chill. ince this a class u have to take.. i would suggest you take it with him... essays are usually 5 pages but with the topics given, its not hard to get to the page requirement. he is also very open minded and likes when you participate

Awesome professor! Makes the class really fun and interesting. Take his class!

really helpful. engages the class as much as possible for the subject matter. grades fair and gives the student a lot of chances to re-write essays.

I took Dean last year, and I have to say he has been one of my very favorite professors so far!!! he teaches because he loves it and really wants to help everybody succeed, I still see him around campus over a year later and talk to him, he is definitely the best writing professor you could ever HOPE to get!!!

I loved this class, it was a bit boring but he really tried to find things we were interested in. if you went to his office hours, you would get an A! He really likes to help people and he's so nice!

Dean is the best writing teacher ever, he is so helpful and really wants everyone to do well in the class! You can resubmit every assignment until the last day of class so it is almost impossible to do poorly unless you are extremely lazy.

Professor Dean is totally cool and will help you anyway he can to help you write a good paper. And you can pick any topic you like, so the paper is actually something you enjoy researching and writing

AWESOME professor!Makes class fun & interesting. Topic was "Work & 21st century". you write a resume for the class & get to think about your future. you get hands on experience with power point presentation and research. Funny & nice and will help you with ANYTHING. Uses a rubic scale grading & you can turn in work for regrading until end of class!

He was the nicest/easiest writing teacher ever. He makes you turn in a rough draft a week before, and he corrects everything for you! It's impossible not to get an A. The lowest score I got on a paper was a 96%. Definitely take him if you can.